About The Word Pickerel
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Pickerel
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What's The Definition Of Pickerel?
[n] any of several North American species of small pike
[n] flesh of young or small pike Synonyms | Synonyms for Pickerel: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pickerel: See Also | barred pickerel | chain pickerel | chain pike | Esox americanus | Esox niger | pike | pike | redfin pickerel Pickerel In Webster's Dictionary \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of {Pike}.] [Written also
{pickerell}.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus {Esox}, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See {Wall-eye}.
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel ({Esox reticulatus})
and the brook pickerel ({E. Americanus}) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
{Pickerel weed} (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
({Pontederia cordata}) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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